Los 4081

Java
Borobudur temple, Java

Abgabe von Vorgeboten möglich

Aus dem Katalog
Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographer: Isidore van Kinsbergen (1821-1905). Views of Borobudur temple, Java. 1873. 3 albumen prints, mounted to card or board. Between 24,3 x 35,3 cm and 27,7 x 34 cm or reverse (mounts between 28,8 x 40 cm and 32,7 x 43 cm).

These photographs belong to the seminal corpus produced by Isidore van Kinsbergen in Java between 1863 and 1867, commissioned by the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences to document Hindu-Buddhist monuments, and later extended through his 1873 campaign at Borobudur. Trained as an engraver and set designer, he combined a theatrical sensibility with a systematic, almost archaeological approach. For many European audiences, images from the series “Oudheden van Java” provided a first encounter with Buddhist art, particularly through widely circulated views of Borobudur. Awarded a gold medal at the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873, his work was exhibited internationally and disseminated in albums issued under Dutch governmental authority.

Literatur: Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Saskia Asser. Isidore van Kinsbergen (1821–1905): Photo Pioneer and Theatre Maker in the Dutch East Indies. Zaltbommel: Uitgeverij Aprilis, 2005, ill. p. 271.